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Weyerbacher's Autumn Fest Ale: Seek and Find!!Oct 03 '00 (Updated Jan 25 '01) Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line A great young brewery and as fine an Autumn seasonal as you will find. A really good brew.
Easton, Pennsylvania, just got more interesting to me with the arrival of Autumn Fest Ale from the Weyerbacher Brewing Co. A small British style brewer, founded in 1995, Weyerbacher, like many small eastern regional brewers, is slowly developing a distribution channel. I was surprised to find it at my local beer haunt, which has only recently started adding other PA beers from brewers such as Victory. And, I still debated the purchase of yet another unknown. But, as any beer aficionado can attest, it’s those little beer moments around a congested cooler of contrasting choices that holds the key to finding the next beer love of your life. My local haunt also had Weyerbacher’s India Pale Ale, ESB, and their Hops Infusion Ale available but I settled on Autumn Fest Ale. I've had a hankering for an Octoberfest brew with the Fall chill in the air, but I keep missing my European friends in the beer cooler and settling on other unknowns. Weyerbacher’s Autumn Fest Ale “is brewed with authentic Marzen ingredients including Vienna and Munich malts and Hallertauer Hops” as described on their web site: www.weyerbacher.com. So YES this is NOT a true Octoberfest beer as it’s an Ale and not a Lager. But, think of it as an American version and don’t discount it in the cooler. Weyerbacher’s web site states “it’s their unique twist on the style.” The beer pours with a nice head and a glowing golden amber sheen. Not as dark as I expected, more a tawny brownish red. Surprisingly, I also detected a fruit note to the glass. I’m thinking pineapple, but it could be a good old eastern Macintosh, now in season. The taste of the malt is immediate to the back of the mouth, a little bite on the tongue. But the fruitiness is there with a nicely sweet finish. A very good balanced drinking experience. The complexity is there as a swoosh in the mouth brings out the contrasting colors of the brew: malty, sweet, dry. It’s also got a bite to it (6.1% ABV). This is a solid beer and a perfect brew to while away an afternoon raking leaves, or taking in football, or dare I say pondering your navel on a porch with a rocker. A fall barbecue would be suitable as well. This is a four star beer and only available for a short time (August-November). Weyerbacher recommends buying by the case, and I think I’ll take them up on that shortly. You should too. Autumn Fest Ale is another reason to look forward to Fall.  |
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